This year, I am determined to start traditions and make it count. Not because there are kids in the family, but because that's the way it should be.
It should be a contagious season.
You should decorate as a family.
You should have presents under a tree.
You should make small sacrifices to encourage joy.
Christmas is like Disneyworld. You get a FastPass to childhood excitement, wonder, and magic.
Every time I walk through the living room, I get that one song lyric in my head.
So this is what a proper Christmas is...the smell of a real tree , stockings hung on the mantle, memories of the four of us decorating while Christmas songs played and a mint chocolate candle burned.
I cried when we brought our fresh tree home.
So this is Christmas...it's gonna be gooooood.
Song: Happy Christmas (War is Over) by John Lennon.
